Register and Vote
I didn't watch much of the coverage of the March to Save Our Lives. I did not go out to any of the local events either. I went to a yard sale, I watched Loyola play basketball, and ate baked ziti cooked at Moose Lodge 1874. I watched the Louisiana Derby on my computer.
I read a newspaper column written by a high school friend complaining of "Trump Fatigue". He hasn't written about gun control, I don't think he is a big gun owner, but he does live in rural Missouri and his silence is understandable.
Later that evening I listened to my little sister recount the day as she saw it in Washington DC. She was moved by the experience.
This morning, (Monday) I read a column written by Fabiola Santiago that mixed Emma Gonzalez, the Castro Revolution, sensible gun control, the optics of olive green fatigues and how it pisses off certain members of the Miami(mostly Cuban) community. She is in favor of the the student activism.
Laura Ingraham listening to a dog whistle that almost everyone missed took the opportunity to challenge to the activism of MSD student David Hogg and I guess his GPA when he apparently did not get into the college of his choice.
Ultimately, Ms. Ingraham decided to say I'm sorry. There is no scientific connection between between GPA and being a survivor of a school shooting. Her advertisers didn't like her tweet and started to distance themselves from her show.
I don't like boycotts generally. They are ham handed often and can provoke unintended consequences.
I do hope positive activism will get newly minted voters to the polls. It might be more productive than a boycott.
I read a newspaper column written by a high school friend complaining of "Trump Fatigue". He hasn't written about gun control, I don't think he is a big gun owner, but he does live in rural Missouri and his silence is understandable.
Later that evening I listened to my little sister recount the day as she saw it in Washington DC. She was moved by the experience.
This morning, (Monday) I read a column written by Fabiola Santiago that mixed Emma Gonzalez, the Castro Revolution, sensible gun control, the optics of olive green fatigues and how it pisses off certain members of the Miami(mostly Cuban) community. She is in favor of the the student activism.
Laura Ingraham listening to a dog whistle that almost everyone missed took the opportunity to challenge to the activism of MSD student David Hogg and I guess his GPA when he apparently did not get into the college of his choice.
Ultimately, Ms. Ingraham decided to say I'm sorry. There is no scientific connection between between GPA and being a survivor of a school shooting. Her advertisers didn't like her tweet and started to distance themselves from her show.
I don't like boycotts generally. They are ham handed often and can provoke unintended consequences.
I do hope positive activism will get newly minted voters to the polls. It might be more productive than a boycott.
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